Amusement device.



PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906.

A. HAYE. AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1906.

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AUGUST HAYE, OF SAN ANTONlO. TEXAS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed February 7, 1906. Serial No. 299,985.

To all whom it Hui/y concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUsT HAYE, a citizen oi the United States,residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Amusement Device, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to amusement apparatus, and is designed to adaptthe same for gymnastic exercise, particularly for children. In thisconnection it is proposed to embody in the apparatus a swing, a trapeze,a horizontal bar, and a seesaw, the several parts of the apparatus beingso related as to avoid interference with one another, whereby thecombined apparatus will accommodate several children at a time.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, 'and particularlypointed out-in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an amusementapparatus embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is adetail sectional view illustrating the manner of securing the ropes forthe swing and the trapeze. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of thesupport for the seesaw. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modified form ofsupport for the seesaw.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention I employ a platform 1, supportedupon ,suit able sills 2. From opposite sides of the platform risestandards 3, having their tops connected by a cross-bar 4, located at asuitable overhead elevation. Inclined braces 5 extend betweenintermediate portions of the standards and the base, While otherinclined braces 6 extend between the cross-bar 4 and the standards.

A swing is suspended from the cross-bar 1, said swing including ropes 7,supporting a seat 8 at their lower ends and at a suitable distance abovethe platform 1, so as to give convenient access thereto. The upper endof each rope passes through a vertical opening 9 in the cross-bar 4 andis provided at its upper end with a suitable stop element such, forinstance, a knot 10't0 rest upon the top of the cross-bar and preventthe ropes l'rom pulling through the opening. As clearly shown in Fig. 2,it will be noted that the bottom of the opening is flared or enlarged,as at 11, to prevent chafing of the rope upon the lower edges of theopening.

In addition to the swing there is a trapeze also swung from thecross-bar 4, said trapeze including ropes 12 and a bar 13, carriedthereby, the ropes of the trapeze being connected to the cross-bar 4 inthe manner shown and described for the swing. At the upper end of one ofthe standards 3 there is a cleat 14, which projects outwardly from thestandard and with which the ropes of the swing and trapeze may engage,so as to hold one of these members out of the way of the other 'lIGIlthe latter is being used.

At one side of the supporting-frame there is a horizontal bar 15, havingone end supported upon the adjacent standard 3 and its other endsupported by a frame including a standard or upright 16, rising from themiddle of a sill 17, disposed in substantial parallelism with the sills2. Between each end of the sill 17 and the standard or upright 16 thereis an inclined brace 18. A prop 19 inclines downwardly and outwardlyfrom the upright 16 and is connected to the sill 17 by a brace 20. Anyappropriate means may be employed for the vertical adjustment of thehorizontal bar 15 but as this forms no part of the present invention ithas not been deemed necessary to illustrate the same in the accompanyingdrawings. At the other side of the main frame there is a seesawincluding a teeter-board 21, mounted to rock upon a support 22 in thenature of an arm. This support has its inner end secured to the adjacentstandard 3, and the outer portion thereof is rigidly connected with andbraced from the supporting-frame in any desired manner'as, for instance,its outer end may besecured to a prop 23, which inclines upwardly fromthe ground to the standard 3 and is connected to the adjacent sill 2 orthe standard by a brace 24. The main purpose of the member 23 is tofirmly support and brace the outer portion of the teeter-board support 21, so as to provide a rigid fulcrum for the teeter-board. Hence in somecases the portion of the member 23 extending below the support 22 can bedispensed with, as the remaining part of the apparatus afiords an ampleand stable supporting-base without the member 23 resting on the ground.The upper edge of the support is provided with a pair of steppedshoulders, the lower shoulder being provided with a depression or seat24, it being designed to have the teeter-board fit within the seat 24 orupon the upper shoulder of the support as a fulcrum therefor. When theteeter-board is mounted upon the upper shoulder of the support, it liesbetween the standard 8 and the prop 23, which constitute guards toprevent edgewise displacement of the board, By reason of the fact thatthe lower shoulder of the support is at the outer side of the prop 23 itis necessary to provide the seat or depression 24 to receive theteeter-board, so as to prevent edgewise displacement thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the apparatusof the present invention includes in a single structure a plurality ofdevices which are so related that with the exception of the swing andthe trapeze they may all be in simultaneous use without the slightestchance of interference with one another.

If desired, the upper shoulder of the support may be provided with aseat or depression 25, as shown in Fig. 4, should the disstance betweenthe standard 3 and the brace 23 be such as to permit undesirableedgewise play of the teeter-board.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is between theframe and the prop, the lower shoulder being projected at the outer sideof the prop and provided with a depression, and a teeter-board capableof engagement with the seat and also with the upper shoulder be tweenthe frame and the prop.

2. An amusement apparatus comprising an upright structure, an armsecured at one end thereon with the other end free and forming ateeter-board support, and means for bracing the outer portion of the armfrom the said structure at a point above the arm.

3. An amusement apparatus comprising a supporting structure, ateeter-board Support projecting outwardly therefrom and having portionsarranged at different heights to receive interchangeably a teeter-board,and a bracing member connected with the supporting structure andteeter-board support at 'a point on the latter between the saidportions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST HAYE.

